howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#1
you couldn't make this up - london to new york in the same time as dover to london by hs1.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19257769Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#2
ahhh yes howard,saw the pro/mo's on the news yesterday.but who in there right mind would want to united paranoid states of america in an hour.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#3
Brian the same people who want to get to Manchester half an hour quicker! Its all about saving a bit of time here and there, it all might cost a fortune, but it is supposedly worth it.
I suspect the real use of the Mach 6 levels of performance will be with the military. Try stopping that one coming with a bunker buster attached.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,247
#4
mmmm.......
Two hour drive to Heathrow, 2 to 3 hours to check in and go through security, one hour flying time, an hour or two waiting for your luggage collecting it, getting through customs and immigration and an hours ride to Manhatten. Journey time Dover to New York - 8 hours but crossing 3,500 miles in just one of those hours. Something odd there, progress of a kind I suppose.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#5
paul,i could understand uk to austrilia/new zealand,but america no chance.
those who want to get to manchester half an hour quicker must be united fans living this side of the watford gap.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#6
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.